Hackers Hall (William Billings)
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2023-09-29). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 39 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transcribed from The Waterhouse Manuscript, 1780-1781. Round notes, as in 1780-1781. Added another stanza, the sixth one of Hopkins' paraphrase.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2023-09-29). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 40 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transcribed from The Waterhouse Manuscript, 1780-1781. Note shapes added (4-shape). Added another stanza, the sixth one of Hopkins' paraphrase.
General Information
Title: Hackers Hall
First Line: Ye people all, with one accord
Composer: William Billings
Lyricist: John Hopkins
Number of voices: 2vv Voicing: TB
Genre: Sacred, Psalm-tune Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
Manuscript 1780 – 1781 in The Waterhouse Manuscript, no. 12
Description: Appears in The Waterhouse Manuscript, copied by Susanna Heath 1780-1781, otherwise unknown. Apparently a simple tune for singing school practice. Words by John Hopkins, in the Old Version, 1562, paraphrase of Psalm 47, with eight stanzas. Heath used only the first stanza. Hackers Hall is a building in Providence County, Rhode Island.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 47.